Book Details

280 Pages

Publisher : Baker Book House

Publication Date : 03/10

Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions (3rd Edition)

Piper, John

Fueled by worship, passionate for the glory of Christ; until his return missions will characterize the health of the church. Suggesting that the need for sound doctrine in the mission field is pervasive and more urgent than ever, Piper forcefully confronts the notion that the sun has set on the day of western missions. Third Edition updated and revised with material on prosperity gospel.

Endorsements (6)

Luis Palau

Luis Palau Evangelistic Association

"I am delighted that this book has been revised and is being republished. I place it among the top ten books relating to world evangelization published in recent years. It has glorified God and helped to bring missions from the periphery to the center of the worldview of many Christians, and it is faithful to the Scriptures. May this new volume further enhance the expansion of God's kingdom and multiply its true worshipers."

Patrick Johnstone

author, Operation World

"Let the Nations Be Glad! is the most important book on missions for this generation, and I hope it will be the most influential as well. John Piper places missions where it belongs: at the heart of God's desire to be glorified among the nations. The glory of God is the beginning and end of all true theology-and all authentic missions. When we understand that God deserves the glory of the nations, and when we see a vision of the nations' gladness before him, missions is transformed in our minds-and in our hearts."

R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Leith Anderson

President, National Association of Evangelicals

"Success in world missions can inflate us with pride, and failure can crush us in despair. But John Piper, in Let the Nations Be Glad!, offers us a completely different way of thinking. His vision for missions is so God-filled that we will find incentives for rugged faithfulness that success cannot spoil and failure cannot quench. Densely packed, richly theological, faithfully biblical, thrillingly courageous, impressively thorough--Let the Nations Be Glad! is the best book on missions I have ever read."

Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.

First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, GA

"No one has done a better job of turning our faces and hearts toward the true and living God than John Piper. And just when you think you have heard all there is to hear on the topic, he shows up again with another biblically insightful nudge that confronts the smallness of our worldview with the global greatness of God's passion for the lost. Please read this book."

Joseph M. Stowell

President, Moody Bible Institute

"We live in a culture in which 'new and improved' screams at us from newspapers, television, billboards, and magazines. John Piper's revision of Let the Nations Be Glad! is a great example of what 'new and improved' should mean. This edition contains enhanced and updated discussions and two new chapters that explore the practical implications of the central thesis, making it even more valuable than the original. Piper has taken an already significant book and updated and expanded it to make an invaluable resource that keeps worship at the center of the church's purpose and shows both theologically and practically what that means for mission in the modern world. I will be drawing from his work in my thinking, teaching, and writing-in addition to my worshiping-for years to come. Missionaries, pastors, teachers, and laypeople with a thirst for God's passion for himself and the peoples of the world will be challenged and encouraged. I offer it my highest recommendation."

A. Scott Moreau

Editor, Evangelical Missions Quarterly

At a time when the church seems to be majoring in minor factors in its marketing of missions, it is good to know that we have a new edition of the best biblical study there is on the nature of missions. The best, however, has become better! After building a solid biblical base, Piper confronts some burning issues in missions today in a way that is both spiritually nourishing and inspiringly readable."

Dr. Ajith Fernando

Elisabeth Elliot

"If I had to choose only one book on missions, Let the Nations Be Glad! would be it--precisely because it's about so much more than missions. The book's relentless God-centered focus, with its stress on worship as the 'fuel and goal of missions,' provides the crucial biblical counterpoint to the anthropocentric drumbeat of our day. Don't read it unless you're willing to have your eyes reopened to the highest possible motive for being about the business of reaching the world for Christ."

Duane Litfin

President, Wheaton College

"For getting the big picture and the big passion behind missions, there is no contemporary book better than this one. Piper covers worship, prayer, suffering, exclusivism, and the biblical concept of nations, and he does it all with an eye to the glory of God for the joy of all peoples. The first few sentences are already justly famous: Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man.

Product Description:

Publisher's Description

This new edition of a bestselling textbook (over 185,000 copies sold) draws on key biblical texts to demonstrate that worship is the ultimate goal of the church and that proper worship fuels missionary outreach. John Piper offers a biblical defense of God's supremacy in all things, providing readers with a sound theological foundation for missions. He examines whether Jesus is the only way to salvation and issues a passionate plea for God-centeredness in the missionary enterprise, seeking to define the scope of the task and the means for reaching "all nations."

The third edition has been revised and expanded throughout and includes new material on the prosperity gospel. The book is essential reading for those involved in or preparing for missions work. It also offers enlightenment for college and seminary students, pastors, youth workers, campus ministers, and all who want to connect their labors to God's global purposes.

Endorsements for Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions (3rd Edition)

"If you want to be a good preacher, study the best preachers. John Piper is one of them."

Luis Palau

Luis Palau Evangelistic Association

"I am delighted that this book has been revised and is being republished. I place it among the top ten books relating to world evangelization published in recent years. It has glorified God and helped to bring missions from the periphery to the center of the worldview of many Christians, and it is faithful to the Scriptures. May this new volume further enhance the expansion of God's kingdom and multiply its true worshipers."

Patrick Johnstone

author, Operation World

"Let the Nations Be Glad! is the most important book on missions for this generation, and I hope it will be the most influential as well. John Piper places missions where it belongs: at the heart of God's desire to be glorified among the nations. The glory of God is the beginning and end of all true theology-and all authentic missions. When we understand that God deserves the glory of the nations, and when we see a vision of the nations' gladness before him, missions is transformed in our minds-and in our hearts."

R. Albert Mohler Jr.

Leith Anderson

President, National Association of Evangelicals

"Success in world missions can inflate us with pride, and failure can crush us in despair. But John Piper, in Let the Nations Be Glad!, offers us a completely different way of thinking. His vision for missions is so God-filled that we will find incentives for rugged faithfulness that success cannot spoil and failure cannot quench. Densely packed, richly theological, faithfully biblical, thrillingly courageous, impressively thorough--Let the Nations Be Glad! is the best book on missions I have ever read."

Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.

First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, GA

"No one has done a better job of turning our faces and hearts toward the true and living God than John Piper. And just when you think you have heard all there is to hear on the topic, he shows up again with another biblically insightful nudge that confronts the smallness of our worldview with the global greatness of God's passion for the lost. Please read this book."

Joseph M. Stowell

President, Moody Bible Institute

"We live in a culture in which 'new and improved' screams at us from newspapers, television, billboards, and magazines. John Piper's revision of Let the Nations Be Glad! is a great example of what 'new and improved' should mean. This edition contains enhanced and updated discussions and two new chapters that explore the practical implications of the central thesis, making it even more valuable than the original. Piper has taken an already significant book and updated and expanded it to make an invaluable resource that keeps worship at the center of the church's purpose and shows both theologically and practically what that means for mission in the modern world. I will be drawing from his work in my thinking, teaching, and writing-in addition to my worshiping-for years to come. Missionaries, pastors, teachers, and laypeople with a thirst for God's passion for himself and the peoples of the world will be challenged and encouraged. I offer it my highest recommendation."

A. Scott Moreau

Editor, Evangelical Missions Quarterly

At a time when the church seems to be majoring in minor factors in its marketing of missions, it is good to know that we have a new edition of the best biblical study there is on the nature of missions. The best, however, has become better! After building a solid biblical base, Piper confronts some burning issues in missions today in a way that is both spiritually nourishing and inspiringly readable."

Dr. Ajith Fernando

Elisabeth Elliot

"If I had to choose only one book on missions, Let the Nations Be Glad! would be it--precisely because it's about so much more than missions. The book's relentless God-centered focus, with its stress on worship as the 'fuel and goal of missions,' provides the crucial biblical counterpoint to the anthropocentric drumbeat of our day. Don't read it unless you're willing to have your eyes reopened to the highest possible motive for being about the business of reaching the world for Christ."

Duane Litfin

President, Wheaton College

"For getting the big picture and the big passion behind missions, there is no contemporary book better than this one. Piper covers worship, prayer, suffering, exclusivism, and the biblical concept of nations, and he does it all with an eye to the glory of God for the joy of all peoples. The first few sentences are already justly famous: Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man.